Dozing Off

Life is going pretty well. Norma and I have moved into a new
apartment. I'm figuring out how to balance work and my other goals. My
student loans will be paid off by my 28th birthday in August.

I decided to work from home today. I slept poorly, I think it's the
pollen. I've been thinking a lot about what I want lately. Neither
Academia nor Industry quite seem to fit. Academia only cares about
work that advances the state of the art in specific subfields,
Industry only cares about work that advances the bottom line.

My goals don't quite fit in with either of those things. I want to
write software to help people understand
how other software works.
Specifically, a Nintendo Emulator and set of tools for observing and
modifying old games on the fly. And so I find myself thinking about
how to work fewer hours so I can find more time for my 'art projects'
without sacrificing hobbies, relationships, and a social life.

I've been too drowsy today to get meaningful work done on work or
hobby projects, but here's what I thought about in the shower:

I should add a proper JIT compiler to cl-6502 that uses the
"compile-to-closures" technique described by xach.

I should fix trowel so that it can correctly compute the
control flow graph of simple (NROM) NES games that aren't
self-modifying. Like I meant to do last summer.